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The Peabody Award-winning "Schizophrenia: Voices of an Illness," is the first
major radio documentary to feature people with the thought disorder telling their
own stories in their own words. Eleven people, many of whom have
recovered--including a doctor, a writer and a teacher--provide intimate,
first-person accounts of the onset, living with, and recovering from this most
misunderstood illness. Jason Robards narrates this second program in the "Voices
of An Illness" series which has aired on over 260 National Public Radio stations
across the country and has been honored with ten major media and mental health
awards.
This landmark one-hour program also presents leading clinicians, medical
researchers and mental health advocates, including those from the National
Institute of Mental Health and the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill,
explaining this disease that affects one in 100 people and how a growing number
of people are able to significantly improve thanks to new, so-called "second
generation" medications.
Called "a remarkable documentary" by TIME magazine, the program is the winner of
the Grand EDI from the National Easter Seals Society for promoting the "equality,
dignity and independence of people with disabilities." The National Institute of
Mental Health hailed the "Voices of An Illness" series for "setting new standards
of creativity and scientific accuracy in broadcast journalism."
